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+title: UNIVERSUM TV-Spiel 1004
+categories:
+- Pongs
+origins:
+- Germany
+years:
+- '1978'
+cpus:
+- AY-3-8500 from General Instruments
+params:
+  name: TV-Spiel 1004
+  company: /companies/universum
+  company_name: UNIVERSUM
+  specs:
+  - label: NAME
+    value: TV-Spiel 1004
+  - label: MANUFACTURER
+    value: UNIVERSUM
+  - label: ORIGIN
+    value: Germany
+  - label: YEAR
+    value: 1978?
+  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
+    value: Tennis, Fussball, Squash, Pelota
+  - label: KEYBOARD
+    value: 2 built-in sliders
+  - label: CPU
+    value: AY-3-8500 from General Instruments
+  - label: SPEED
+    value: Reset, Serve
+  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
+    value: Power on/off, Ball speed pro/am, Ball angle pro/am, Paddle size pro/am, Service manual/auto
+  - label: RAM
+    value: On screen
+  - label: COLORS
+    value: Black & white
+  - label: SOUND
+    value: Built-in speaker
+  - label: I/O PORTS
+    value: RF TV video output
+  - label: OS
+    value: 6 x C size batteries
+  - label: POWER SUPPLY
+    value: optional power supply jack on the back side
+  - label: PERIPHERALS
+    value: 'No'
+  - label: PRICE
+    value: Unknown
+  tabs:
+  - photos
+  - emulators
+  - links
+  photos:
+  - title: TV-SPIEL 1004
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: CONTROL PANEL
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: ''
+    image: null
+  - title: BOTTOM
+    subtitle: ''
+    text: We can spot here the grid of the internal speaker.
+    image: null
+  emulators:
+  - title: www.pong-story.com
+    url: http://www.pong-story.com/pcpong.htm
+    platform: Multiplatform
+    text: Several pong emulators (simulators) presented here
+  links:
+  - title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
+    url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
+    text: ''
+  comments:
+  - author: Nikolai Sywolos (Canada)
+    date: Monday 18th April 2011
+    text: this is the same console as the unitrex video pro i have. mine is the Canadian version from ontario. it was released about 1975/76. it uses an RF switch box similar to that of the atari 2600 or intelevision. it cost $40 from zellars, or that''s a sale price i donno that''s what the old tag says. the instuctions came in english and french. that''s about all that i know about the Canadian version.
+  - author: Bill (USA)
+    date: Wednesday 2nd February 2011
+    text: I bought one of these in Fort Worth, Texas (home of Tandy/Radio Shack) in 1977. The graphics on the console are slightly different but the shape, color, switches and functions are the same. I think it was on close out because it was priced very low, $20 or so.
+  related:
+  - /museum/a10-telespiel-9010
+  - /museum/alex-video-spiel-tg-621
+  - /museum/apf-match
+  - /museum/apf-tv-fun-model-401
+  - /museum/audiosonic-pp-800
+  - /museum/bentley-compu-vision
+  - /museum/blaupunkt-tv-action
+  - /museum/coleco-telstar-alpha-model-6030
+  - /museum/conic-tv-sports-tg-621
+  - /museum/conic-tvg-209
+  - /museum/dms-telesports-mini
+  - /museum/grandstand-t-v-game-model-3000
+  - /museum/hanimex-666
+  - /museum/hanimex-7771
+  - /museum/hanimex-t-338
+  - /museum/intel-germany-super-tele-sport-d-688-36
+  - /museum/interton-video-2400
+  - /museum/jostykit-multi-tv-game-hf-344
+  - /museum/magiclick-teleclick
+  - /museum/match-sd-01c
+  - /museum/mbo-tele-ball
+  - /museum/mbo-tele-ball-ii
+  - /museum/mbo-tele-ball-iii
+  - /museum/mentor-sport-tg-20
+  - /museum/novoton-tj-141
+  - /museum/novoton-video-sports
+  - /museum/playtech-telesport
+  - /museum/polistil-v-g-2
+  - /museum/r-f-t-bss-01-bildschirmspiel-01
+  - /museum/radofin-electronics-limited-tele-sports
+  - /museum/riva-t-800c
+  - /museum/roberts-paddle-iv
+  - /museum/roberts-rally-iv
+  - /museum/sands-3000
+  - /museum/societe-occitane-d-electronique-oc-4
+  - /museum/sonolor-telematch
+  - /museum/sportron-101u
+  - /museum/superlectron-tv-challenger-series-3000-tvc-3000
+  - /museum/tele-flip-paris-video-sport-fy-707
+  - /museum/thomson-jv1t
+  - /museum/ultrasound-tele-sports
+  - /museum/ultrasound-tv-9010
+  - /museum/universum-tv-multi-spiel-handheld
+  oc_id: 933
+  source:
+    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152856/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=933
+    date: '2023-06-13'
+---
+
+The Universum TV-Spiel 1004 is a classic pong system powered by the AY-3-8500 chipset which offers 4 different games (Tennis, Hockey, Squash and Handball), hence its name (100**4**). This system is quite unusual because of its weird triangular shape, and is thus sometimes referred to as the "boomerang pong".
+
+The controllers are very simple: two sliders built into the case of the system... The games are selected through a big orange knob placed in the middle of the case. The usual switches complete the control panel: Power on/off, Ball speed pro/am, Ball angle pro/am, Paddle size pro/am, Service manual/auto...
+
+This particular model seems to have only been sold in Germany.
+
+**David Winter** reports:\
+The Universum 1004 is the German version. The same game existed under several other brands: Unitrex Video Pro (USA), Digitek 2001 (USA), Radio Shack TV Scoreboard 60-3052 (USA). Several similar games were released with different controllers: AudioSonic PP-600 (Europe), Concord (model unknown), Regina (model unknown, UK), Ingersol (model unknown, UK), etc.
+
+<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this computer ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>